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India, BARODA,MalharRao (1287-1292/1870-1875), Nazarana 4-Rupees, 1288 (1871), Persian inscription, reverse Ma Ga in Nagari, scimitar to left, date in Arabic numerals below, 44.O2gms. (KM ). Extremely fine, with practically no signs of wear, excessively rare

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Indian Coins.

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Although Nazarana silver Rupees, and occasionally Double-Rupees, as well as gold Mohurs, were often struck by the Princely States, the striking of a 4-Rupee is without precedence and this coin of Baroda is arguably one of the most remarkable, and certainlyone of the rarest, in the entire series